Three dead, three more injured in Wisconsin tavern shooting
On Sunday, April 18, the Kenosha County Sheriff’s Department, headquartered in Kenosha, Wisconsin, reported that their deputies and detectives responded to the Somers House Tavern located at 1548 Sheridan Road for reports of a shooting that occurred early that morning at approximately 12:42 a.m. The shooting resulted in three fatalities. Three other gunshot victims were transported to area hospitals with serious injuries.
Immediately following the shootings, police reported that they had not yet located their suspect but described the shooter as a black male over six feet tall wearing a light-colored hooded sweatshirt. Authorities also said that the shootings appeared to be targeted and isolated.
As the day progressed, law enforcement was successful in arresting a suspect who they said left three men dead and three more men injured.
Kenosha County Sheriff’s Department spokesman Sgt. David Wright said the suspect is facing a charge of first-degree intentional homicide, with additional criminal charges likely after further investigation. Authorities said earlier they weren’t sure if there was more than one shooter. ~ mlive
Sheriff David Beth had reported earlier in the day said that at one point on April 18, the suspect was asked to leave the Somers House Tavern. Some time later though, the suspect returned to the bar and started shooting both inside and outside the bar.
“We believe our suspect knew who he was targeting,” Beth said during a Sunday morning news conference. He asked that anyone with information about the shooting contact the Kenosha Sheriff’s Department. Kenosha is about 30 miles (50 kilometers) south of Milwaukee, not far from the Wisconsin-Illinois border. ~ Huffington Post
Peter Ploskee, a witness who lives close enough to the Tavern to see what was going on, said that after hearing gunshots, he looked out his window to see, “people running from the bar in every direction.”
“It was just chaos,” he said. “People are just running, people screaming,” according to U.S. News
Also earlier on Sunday, early reports indicated that three had died and only two more men were injured. As the investigation evolved, those totals had changed to three dead – with three aditional injured from gunshots.
Officials asked that anyone with any information regarding the shootings should contact the Kenosha County Sheriff’s Department at (262) 605-5100 or anonymously to the Kenosha County Crime Stoppers at 262-656-7333.
(Source: Kenosha County Sheriff’s Department)
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